EGP Seasons 1986 to 1989

European Grand Prix 1986

The inaugural EGP season consisted of four tournaments :

  • Milan Open   (7-8 December 1985)
  • Cambridge Open (8-9 February 1986)
  • Copenhagen Open (19-20 April 1986)
  • Paris Open (30-31 August 1986)
# Player _   MIL CAM CPH PAR Total
1 Imre Leader uk.png   90 90 15 195  
2 Jean-François Puget France.png 90 60 44 0 194  
3 Graham Brightwell uk.png     0 5 75 80  
4 David Shaman usa.png       75 75  
  5 Luigi Puzzo Italy.png 60     15 75  
6 Paul Ralle France.png     44   0 44  
  Claus Qvist Jessen Denmark.png     44   44  
8 Brian Rose usa.png       40 40  
9 Joel Feinstein uk.png 35     0 35  
  Anders Kierulf switzerland.png 35       35  
  John Lysons uk.png   35   0 35  
  Didier Piau France.png   35     35  
13 Peter Bhagat uk.png  (4) 5 5 15 25  
14 Augusto Brusca Italy.png 20       0 20  
  Karsten Feldborg Denmark.png     20   20  
  Paul Smith uk.png 0 20      0 20  
17 Paolo Ghirardato Italy.png       15 15  
18 Jeremy Rickard uk.png   5     5  
19 Valerie Kierulf switzerland.png 4       4  
  Alberto Ranieri Italy.png 4       4  

The rules of the very first EGP season

The best 3 tournament scores were considered in the EGP points total for the overall ranking. 

Only the top 6 players of each tournament received points (1st 90, 2nd 60, 3rd 40, 4th 30, 5th 20, 6th 10). Players tied on the same position would share the points by taking the average number of points (rounded to the highest integer value) corresponding to the tied positions (the points system changed over the years but the resolution of ties always remained the same).

Each EGP tournament was to be played as an 11 round "modified swiss" tournament which allowed the possibility of playing the same opponent a second time after the seventh round (with reversed colours).